RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMMES AND PUPILS’ LEARNING EFFICIENCY INPUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS RUNNING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMMES IN KITUI COUNTY, KENYA

Abstract

ABSTRACT School Feeding Program (SFP) was actualized in Kenya in 1980 by the public authority of Kenya in a joint effort with World Food Program (WFP). Dinners gave at schools improve quality training that adds to the monetary advancement of a nation. The examination analyzed connection among SFPs and students' learning productivity in open grade schools in Kitui County. The investigation evaluated students' maintenance, participation, change from a class to another and enrolment. Old style Liberal Theory of Equal Opportunity and Maslow's Theory of Human Motivation speculations were utilized in the examination. The investigation utilized Survey research plan. The objective populace was 374 grade schools 374 head educators and 374 class seven class instructors who offer SFP. The specialist haphazardly inspected 30% of schools and their head instructors to show up at 112 schools and 112 head educators. The specialist likewise inspected five percent (19) class seven educators of the examined schools. This offered ascend to an example size of 131 respondents. Information assortment was finished utilizing the survey and meeting plan. Surveys filled by the head instructors were utilized to get quantitative information and organized meetings directed to class educators were utilized to get subjective information. To approve research instruments, a directing report was conveyed in two schools (10%) of the examined focus of 19 instructors. Dependability of the exploration instruments was finished utilizing test-retest strategy. Similar instruments were utilized by similar people at two distinct events; the connection was set up to decide the appropriateness of the utilization of the instruments. Quantitatively gathered information was examined utilizing Descriptive Statistics and Pearson r Moment Correlation with the assistance of SPSS programming, while subjectively gathered information was investigated utilizing Focus by Question Analyses Strategy by building up similitudes and contrasts from the instructors' perspectives. Examined results were introduced utilizing tables, diagrams and pie-outlines. Discoveries from the meetings affirmed that SFP was emphatically connected with learning effectiveness.When the relationship between SFP and the variables was tested using Pearson r, the results were as follows: retention P < 0.05 (0.008 < 0.05), transition P <0.05 (0,011 <0.05), attendance P < 0.05 (0.047 < 0.05) and enrolment P < 0.05 (.000 < 0.05). The results showed that SFP was positively related to the four variables since all the P values were less than the alpha value (0.05) which was chosen to determine the rejection or acceptance of the null hypotheses. Therefore, the four Null hypotheses were rejected and led to the acceptance of the Alternative hypotheses that there was significant relationship between SFP and pupils’ learning efficiency in public primary schools in Kitui County. The findings will benefit school managers while planningabout feeding. Theresearcher recommends the National government to implement SFPs in all schools and provide financial support.